WHILE meaning: Period during which something happens

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word while:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

while: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
while: Merriam-Webster
while, the while: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
while: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
while, the while: Collins English Dictionary
while: Vocabulary.com
WHile, While, While, while, the while: Wordnik
while: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
while, the while: Wiktionary
while: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
while: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
while: Infoplease Dictionary
The while, while: Dictionary.com
while (n.), while (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
while: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
While: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
while: Rhymezone
while: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
while: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
while, the while: FreeDictionary.org
while: Mnemonic Dictionary
while: TheFreeDictionary.com
while: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
While: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
while: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition

Business (1 matching dictionary)

while: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

while: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
While(1), While(true), While (1), While (true), while: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

while: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

while: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  An uncertain duration of time, a period of time.
▸ noun:  (US) an uncertain long period of time
▸ noun:  (Philippines) an uncertain short moment
▸ verb:  (transitive, now only in combination with away; see also while away) To pass (time) idly.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To occupy or entertain (someone) in order to let time pass.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, archaic) To elapse, to pass.
▸ verb:  Alternative spelling or misspelling of wile. [(transitive) To entice or lure.]

Similar:

piece, spell, whilst, after, when, whereas, though, before, since, although, more...

Opposite:

unlike, notwithstanding, yet, however, instead

Types:

bleached, unbleached, dairy, nondairy, vegetable, more...

Phrases:

a while, the while, while that, worth while, while loop, more...

Adjectives:

little, worth, long, short, good, great, brief, mean, litde, ill, silent

Colors:

white, ivory, cream, eggshell, alabaster, more...